A Private collection of a Lifetime

[Andy Collins]

That horrible old stump has a plethora of life around it, how very day you suggest its removal (and its full of nails) The owner was one-time big cheese of the Arb Assn, East Anglia "when it was interested in trees for the love of them".

[RobArb]

lloks like a big place, is it a vast estate?

[Andy Collins]

Not vast, an old farm that he has planted up around his house. I'll find out the size of the area next week. we're thinning out around 60tons of various trees, mainly nurse stock, to leave the specimens:thumbup1:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

well I've suggested TPO's and maybe even higher status (SSSI?) .

 

not a hope in hell, sssi status is way beyond this young group. UNLESS, he has unimproved grass and its home to fungi or rare plants, parrot waxcaps and the like.

[Andy Collins]

we have to re-plant and re-stock where thinnings taken place under the felling licence terms, i wonder if the felling license alone is protection enough?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

we have to re-plant and re-stock where thinnings taken place under the felling licence terms, i wonder if the felling license alone is protection enough?

 

that might be a question for our mr tony s, but i would not think so.

[Andy Collins]

In a naive kind of way, I think to maintain and enhance the site to make it something special would attract the right kind of buyer in the future, some one else who would continue to nurture and develop the site for their time there. I may not share many of your views Tony, but I am passionate about certain things, and this place has jumped in to my all time top 3 favourite sites that i work.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

In a naive kind of way, I think to maintain and enhance the site to make it something special would attract the right kind of buyer in the future, some one else who would continue to nurture and develop the site for their time there. I may not share many of your views Tony, but I am passionate about certain things, and this place has jumped in to my all time top 3 favourite sites that i work.

 

If everyone shared my view would be bored and move onto something more controversial!

 

seems like a nice place, if you wanna find justification for sssi I would come and see whats there on the fung front in autumn if you like.

[Andy Collins]

I've a feeling we're into this place for sometime yet, so I'll see what around later in the year, and let you know if it get active.

[janey]

What a priveledge to get to work in such an interesting place and for someone with a pssion for trees. Ya lucky so and so!

 

I'll definately take you up on that offer for a tour 'round there if you decide to do it